The contribution of qualitative research in designing a complex intervention for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in two different healthcare systems

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Corrrigan, Mairead ^a   Cupples, Margaret E ^a   Smith, Susan M ^b   Byrne, Molly ^c   Leathem, Claire S ^a   Clerkin, Pauline ^c   Murphy, Andrew W ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; STRESS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORTHERN IRELAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY PREVENTION; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STATE MEDICINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33747363385     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-90     Document Type: Article

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